Lumla is a town and the headquarters of an

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in the

Tawang district Tawang district (Pron:/tɑ:ˈwæŋ or təˈwæŋ/) is the smallest of the 26 Districts of Arunachal Pradesh, administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. With a population of 49,977, it is the eighth least populous ...

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, India. Lumla is at the southwestern corner of the Tawang district close to its border with

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. Lumla is also the headquarters of a subdivision of the Tawang district and the centre of a Legislative Assembly constituency. The current member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Lumla is Tsering Lhamu.

Transport

Once completed the Bhalukpong-Tawang railway, is planned to be further extended by a 100 km long western spur to

Yongphulla Airport Yongphulla Airport (also known as Yonphula Airport) is one of four domestic airports in Bhutan. It is located near Trashigang. History The airport was originally constructed by the Border Roads Organisation in the 1960s. Yongphulla Airport was ...

in Bhutan (upgraded by

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and jointly used by the

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and Bhutan Army) in eastern Bhutan via Yabab in India and

Trashigang Trashigang (), or Tashigang, meaning "fortress of auspicious mount," is a town in eastern Bhutan and the district capital of the Trashigang Dzongkhag (district). The town lies to the east side of the valley above the Drangme Chhu river just s ...

in Bhutan. In July 2020, BRO was tasked with building new strategic roads to connect eastern Bhutan to western

Tawang Tawang is a town and administrative headquarter of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It lies on NH-13 section of Trans-Arunachal Highway. The town was once the headquarter of the Tawang Tract, which is now divided into ...

area such as ''"Lumla-

road"'' through

Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Bhutan, located in Merak and Sakteng Gewogs of Trashigang District and just crossing the border into Samdrup Jongkhar District. It is one of the country's protected areas and is listed as ...

.India proposes to build road in Bhutan's ‘Yeti territory’ which China claimed recently
Economic Times, 15 July 2020. Nearest airport is Tawang Air Force Station with helicopter connectivity under

UDAN ''Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik'' (Hindi for "Let the common citizens of the country fly"), known by its acronym ''UDAN-RCS'' ('Udan' is Hindi for "flight") is a regional airport development program of the Government of India and part of the Regio ...

scheme.

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Villages in Tawang district Hill stations in Arunachal Pradesh Tourism in Northeast India {{ArunachalPradesh-geo-stub

Transport

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